Main Aims

To practice the use of adverbs of frequency through a text in the context of night and day

Subsidiary Aims

To practice semi-controlled speaking and reading for gist and specific information

Procedure (38-52 minutes)

Lead in and Greetings (2-4 minutes) • Set the Context - Mornings and Evenings

Test equipment
Arrange seating
Student name tags
Cup of coffee
Powerpoint slide 1
Don't point at the screen, go around the room with a cup of coffee and point to sleepy i guy and and indicate that is me.
Ask a couple of students if they are like either of the pictures

Stage 1 -- Read the text for context (3-5 minutes) • Gist Reading

Turn off the projector
Hand out text
Ask student do read quick to find out what the text is about
Ask ICQ question
Are you going to read for 1 minute?
watch clock
ask finished? get attention
Ask the question. What's the text about?
ask - what's it about
Elicit the answer the answer. Morning people and night people

Draw a picture of a calender week on the board.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday - in squares
Elicit all words with simple questions and gestures.
Every day I get up early - checking all days. - always
Check 5 days - On these days I stay up late -- often/usually
Check 3 days - On these days I eat breakfast -- sometimes
Check 1 days - on this day i go out at night - hardly ever
Check nothing - I never stay up all night..
Go to slide 2 -- for drilling of the words
Have random students put cards on white board
Have class say each word point out word stress
Pass out handout.
Ask the students to write the words on their handout
Ask ICQ questions
Move cards to side of board
Go to slide 3
Ask randomly selected students around the room the various questions and have them answer me and then have them ask each other
Go to slide 4
Ask the class to answer the questions
Demonstrate the grammar on the first sentence -- Subject, verb, object adverb
Ask the class to name the parts of the sentence for then next sentence

Turn off projector
Pair students
Demonstrate the activity by writing a sentence on the board.
He watches movies at night. (always)
Write the sentence using the adverb
Mornings are busy. (sometimes)
Pass out handout to pairs.
Ask them to rewrite the sentences using the adverb.
Ask ICQ questions. Give the pairs 5 minutes
Turn on projector.
Correct the sentences with the class

Get class attention
Go to slide 6
Call a student up to the board and demo for the whole class
keep the student and have another student come up and demo
ask ICQ questions
Pass out the hand out
Have the class stand up and find someone to talk to
Turn on music
Mingle and listen to the students.
Allow 10 minutes for the activity
Get students attention
Go to slide 7
Ask students if they are a morning or a night person

Demo the activity
- walk around class showing handout
- say Keep secret (james bond)
- say don't ask. Guess and demonstrate with a student
- guess then ask to see if you are right
pass out forms and monitor